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Sharing reflections from what I read and watch, and notes from thinking in my zettelkasten.

Abusers always use the same moves (and physical violence is not one of them)

Abusers always use the same moves (and physical violence is not one of them)

The methods common to intimate abuse match those used by all traders of human captivity. What should surprise us about abuse isn't how long it takes to leave, but that one has the strength to endure captivity disguised as courtship.

Writing for insight: Some design principles

Writing for insight: Some design principles

How did I take notes before? What did I learn about writing for insight? How do I know what I know? Written at the 5-year mark of my zettelkasten practice.

To bear witness is an act of resistance

To bear witness is an act of resistance

On bearing witness, decolonising death positivity, and being steadfast with a heart that will never recover.

Ways of knowing (5)

Ways of knowing (5)

How do you know what you know? In what ways do we accept, question, or resist authority? This framework gives you a language to describe the depth of your knowledge in any topic.

In Japan for the first time

In Japan for the first time

Brief stories of historical baddies

Brief stories of historical baddies

Remembering: Khutulun, Yennenga, the Trung sisters, Trieu Thi Trinh, Malahayati, Srikandi Tun Fatimah, Ching Shih, Sayyida al-Hurra, Chandramalar, Wong So Ying, Shamsiah Fakeh, Khatijah Sidek, Silvia Morello.

We can't leave anyone behind

We can't leave anyone behind

We're just out here trying to survive men we didn't elect, and we can't leave anyone behind. How long do we endure processes that will not open ways forward?

Socrates, sense-perception, and the Quran

Socrates, sense-perception, and the Quran

"This is what the earlier Muslim students of the Quran completely missed under the spell of classical speculation."

Listening to interfaith feminists in Southeast Asia

Listening to interfaith feminists in Southeast Asia

The discourse of faith and feminism in Southeast Asia is exciting and prolific, but often overlooked.

Coming out vs. coming in

Coming out vs. coming in

"Coming in" is to think about inviting or allowing someone to "come in" to your life.

Cloth and climate change

Cloth and climate change

Isn't what is really irrational the belief that any piece of (the) material can conceal us from our own actions in full sight of the Divine?

Against child marriage in Malaysia and Indonesia

Against child marriage in Malaysia and Indonesia

Did you know child marriage is linked to ecological crisis? I share my notes after Indonesian and Malaysian Muslims at a public forum call for an end to child marriage.